MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
19th February
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Born:
- 1473: Nicolaus Copernicus Ⓟ
- 1837: Aleksandr Nikolaevich Korkin Ⓟ
- 1863: Axel Thue Ⓟ
- 1866: T J J See Ⓟ
- 1919: Alexander Andreevich Samarskii Ⓟ
- 1924: Arnljot Høyland Ⓟ
- 1929: Andor Kertész Ⓟ
Died:
- 1553: Erasmus Reinhold Ⓟ
- 1622: Henry Savile Ⓟ
- 1799: Jean-Charles de Borda Ⓟ
- 1897: Karl Weierstrass Ⓟ
- 1908: Hermann Laurent Ⓟ
- 1929: Joseph Boussinesq Ⓟ
- 1946: Michele de Franchis Ⓟ
- 1985: Wilhelm Specht Ⓟ
- 1988: Erich Hans Rothe Ⓟ
- 1990: Otto Neugebauer Ⓟ
- 2009: Edmund Hlawka Ⓟ
- 2017: Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Nicolaus Copernicus
Mathemata mathematicis scribuntur
Mathematics is written for mathematicians
